acmeinc wrote on Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:27 PM:
> I'm trying to install Cygwin apps via the Cygwin shell rather than
opening
> and running the setup.exe via the windows interface.
>
> I figure there must be a way, similar to FreeBSD ports tree, to
install
> Cygwin/Unix apps via the Cygwin shell.
>
> This will also allow me to install and update apps remotely as I have
> OpenSSH setup.
>
> Please let me konw if you any information regarding installing and
setting
> up Cygwin via the Cygwin shell.
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$ setup.exe -h
$ cat setup.log
<snip>
Command Line Options:
-D --download Download from internet
-L --local-install Install from local directory
-s --site Download site
-R --root Root installation directory
-P --packages Specify packages to install
-p --proxy HTTP/FTP proxy (host:port)
-q --quiet-mode Unattended setup mode
-h --help print help
-l --local-package-dir Local package directory
-r --no-replaceonreboot Disable replacing in-use files
on next
reboot.
-X --no-verify Don't verify setup.ini
signatures
-n --no-shortcuts Disable creation of desktop and
start
menu shortcuts
-N --no-startmenu Disable creation of start menu
shortcut
-d --no-desktop Disable creation of desktop
shortcut
-K --pubkey Path to extra public key file
(gpg
format)
-S --sexpr-pubkey Extra public key in s-expr
format
-u --untrusted-keys Use untrusted keys from
last-extrakeys
-U --keep-untrusted-keys Use untrusted keys and retain
all
-A --disable-buggy-antivirus Disable known or suspected buggy
anti
virus software packages during
execution.
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For example (untested), to install vim and bc:
setup.exe -d -q -R 'c:\cygwin' -s 'http://mirrors.xmission.com/cygwin/'
-l 'c:\cygwin\home\thrall' -P vim,bc
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Bryan Thrall
FlightSafety International
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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